Wash-boiler



(No Model.)

B. DETRIOH & W. J. WALKER.

WASH BOILER. No. 448,507. Patented Mar. 1'7, 1891.

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EOLINE DETRlCI-l AND \VILLIAM J. WALKER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

WASH BOILER.

SPEGIFI3ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. $48,507, dated March 17', 1891.

Application filed October 30, 1890. Serial No. 869,844. (No model.)

ToaZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EOLINE DETRIOH and \VILLIAM J. \VALKER, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ash-Boilers, of which the following is a full, clear, and ex act description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Our invention relates to improvements in wash-boilers; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and designated in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of our invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the operating handle, which we employ for starting the movement of the receptacle. Fig. 4 is an inner end view of the said handle.

Our invention has for its object to provide a ,device of novel and simplified construction for wash-boilers; and it consists in the employment or use of a perforated receptacle adapted to be placed and effectively operated in an ordinary boiler, whereby the clothes can be elevated without lifting the water in saturation.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents an ordinary boiler, and 2 a perforated receptacle, which we employ in carrying out our invention. Said perforated receptacle is preferably made of wire-gauze or can be made of any other suitable material and perforations made therein. The base or bottom of said receptacle is made in an approximately elliptical shape, so that when it is elevated the clothes contained therein will turn and assume a position in the vertical plane of the center of gravity of the boiler. The dimensions of said receptacle are less than those of the boiler in which it is placed, so. that when the same is concentrically suspended in the boiler a space is formed between the inner surface of said boiler and the exterior surface of the perforated receptacle, whereby-the water can freely flow therein and around the clothes in said receptacle.

Receptacle 2 in which the clothes are placed is suspended in the boiler and held in a suspended position by downwardly-formed projecting lips 3, which are secured to said receptacle in any suitable and substantial manner, and they are so constructed as to rock freely over the rounded upper edge of the boiler when said boiler is elevated or lowered to its normal position. lVhen the receptacle is in its normal position the lips rest on the peripheral surface of the boiler, and when it is elevated or lowered the rear lips ride over the edge of the boiler.

at 4 indicate handles secured on the top surface of the ends of the receptacle by which it can be placed or entirely removed from the boiler.

5 represents a down wardly-formed projecting lip secured to the receptacle. Said lip is provided with an elongated base-plate, so that it can be more substantially secured to the receptacle. One end of said base-plate rests against the wire stiffening-rim of said receptacle.

7 indicates a rocking handle by which the receptacle can be lifted. The fulcrum-point of said handle is curved so that it can freely rock over the edge of the boiler. The shorter arm of said handle is provided at its terminal portion with an upwardly-formed bifurcated hook or lip, which is adapted to fit over lip 5 when the receptacle is to be lifted.

8 indicates a discharge-passage, by which the water can be withdrawn from the boiler, I and 9 handles by which the boiler is manipulated.

Having given an explicit description of our invention, we will now proceed to describe its application and use.

The receptacle is suspended in the boiler in the manner above described, and the clothes or whatever substance to be washed are placed therein. lVhen it is desired to remove the clothes from the water contained within the boiler 1, the operator should grasp the handle 7, place the bifurcated book of said 5 handle over lip 5, and bring the curved portion of said handle over the edge of the boiler, which answers as a fulcrum-point, and by i the downward application of sufficient force, the receptacle can be elevated and loweredjroo to its normal position at the option of the operator.

Having fully described ourinvention, what we claim is-- The edinbinntion, willi n \Ynsli-lmilei: lmvin rounded upper edges, 01' n reeeplnele v nmined Within the said bollz'l' nnd lmving n downwnrdly-extending lip lliereon, lips Sp cured lo the sides of the said receptacle and bearings upon the rounded edges 0f the boiler,

upon which they are adapted to ruck, and a handle also bearing; upon the said rounded edge and having n bifnrez'ded inner edge ennpon the reeeplzu-le, as described.

ln lesliinony whereof We nl'fix our-signal ures j in presence ()l' twu Witnesses.

l lCOLINE I'HCTRIUH.

| \VllililiUl .l. \VALIUCIR.

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